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Granada
The weather has not improved and it is still raining. We set off along the coast and the road winds thru the Cabo de Gata-Nijar National Park for Granada in 301 km.
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The Cabo de Gata-Nijar is a wild and isolated coastal preserve, which is a volcanic area with sharp peaks that fall into the Mediterranean. From the Coast you head inland and then we made a detour to check out Las Negras. It is a hip and trendy spot usually, but was pretty deserted on this cold stormy day.
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We then made for the freeway to expedite the rest of the trip to Granada.
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All along the sea here you see signs in Arabic for the Ports to get the ferries Africa. So exciting!!
granada 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We got a great deal on a hotel in the center with a view of the Monastery of San Jeronimo with its patio covered in orange trees. We had free parking out front which was cool too.
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Alhambra
There are a lot of tourists here, who are mostly here to see the Alhambra monument. This is a palace and fortress complex originally constructed in 889, it was renovated and rebuilt to its current form in the mid-11 th century by a Moorish Emir, and converted into a royal Palace in 1333 by the Sultan of Granada.
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Walking up to the site you stroll thru the palace gardens.
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From here you climb up onto the walls and ramparts for a panoramic view of the city and the fortress.
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From here you move into the hall of the ambassadors where the Emir would here petition from a seat on the top of the stairs. The façade was designed to be an imposing and intimidating show of power.
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Marbella
Well its still raining in the always sunny south of Spain and so we headed directly southwest the 186 km to Marbella.
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We had been kindly offered a place to stay by Antonio and Natalia. We met Antonio at the BMW dealership in Madrid last week just before he left for a trip to Morocco. We arrived to there home and were served a gourmet lunch.
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Then we toured the old city or Casco Antiguo and stopped in for some vino tinto and traditional tapas.
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At home we opened the bottle of bubbles Orvar brought with him from Champagne.
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